Grain-fender.



110.857.874- v PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907.

-G.. A. DEAN & s. B. HALL.

GRAIN FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 27.1807.

6607:9614 $6072 2 Samuel liflall W1 TNESSES fNVENY-ORS I 1 J B 1 v y I lp 1 fi w M A TTOR/VEYS IAINTTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. DEAN AND SAMUEL E. HALL, OF WAYLAND, TEXAS.

GRAIN-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Patented June 25,1907.

Application filed March 27,1907. Serial No. 364.888.

. and SAMUEL E. HALL, citizens of the United States, residing atWayland, in the county of Stephens and State of Texas, have invented anew and useful Grain-Fender, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to grain fenders adapted to be applied tothe divider and tail boards of a grain table and it consists in thenovel construction and arrangements of its parts as hereinafter shownand described.

The object of the invention is to provide a grain table attachment ofthe character indicated which is adapted to shunt or throw the grain asit is out upon the grain table and away from the grain that is leftstanding.

The attachment consists primarily of a member which is attached to thegrain divider and which projects in advance of the same. The said memberis provided with an upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion. A tailboard is pivoted to the divider. A standard or standards are mountedupon the tail board and a bar is pivoted at an intermediate point to thesaid standard or standards and at its forward end to a link which inturn is pivoted to the first said member.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a top plan view of the fender,and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

The grain table 1 is provided with the usual divider board 2 to which isattached, by

- means of a pivot, the tail board 8. V The said fender attachmentconsists of the member 4 which is mounted upon the outer side of thedivider 2. Said member consists of the lower substantially horizontalportion 5 which projects at its forward end beyond the point of thedivider 2 and merges into the up-' wardly and rearwardly inclinedportion 6. The member 4 is preferably made from sheet metal and has itsfiat sides vertically disposed in order to pass readily through thegrain and to throw the cut grain laterally. The ll-shaped standard 7 ismounted upon the outer side of the tail board 3. The apex of thestandard 7 is uppermost. The bar 8 is pivoted at an intermediate pointto the apex of the standard 7 and at its forward end to a link 9, thelower end of which is pivoted to the lower portion 5 of the member 4.The link 9 is not equal in length to the vertical height of the standard7 consequently the forward end of the bar 8 is downwardly inclined. Thestandard 7, bar 8 and link 9 are also preferably made from sheet metaland V have their flat sides vertically disposed in order to readilypenetrate the grain. By reason of the pivotal connections between thebar 8, standard 7, and the bar 8 and link 9, the tail board 3 may swingupon its pivotal connection with the divider 2 and at the same time thebar 8 is connected with but not attached directly to the said dividerand tail board.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that as the grain is cutand passed upon the grain table the fender will separate the cut grainfrom the grain left standing and throw the cut grain laterally upon thetable. Thus, there is no possibility of the grain falling laterally fromthe table over the end and tail boards.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secureby Letters- Patent is z- 1. In combination with a grain table having adivider board and tail board pivoted to the divider board, a fendercomprising a pointed member attached to the divider board, a standarderected upon the tailboard, a bar pivoted to said standard and a linkpivotally connecting the forward end of the bar to said member.

2. In combination with a grain table having a divider board and a tailboard pivoted to the divider board, a fender comprising a memberattached to the divider board and having an upwardly and rearwardlyinclined portion, a standard erected upon the tail board, a bar pivotedto the said standard and a link pivotally connecting the forward end ofthe bar with said member, said link being shorter than the length of thestandard.

3. In combination with a grain table having a divider board and a tailboard pivoted to the divider board, a fender comprising a pointed memberattached to the divider board, a standard erected upon the tail board,

a bar pivoted to said standard, a link pivotas our own, we have heretoaffixed our sigally connecting the forward end of the bar natures in thepresence of two witnesses. with said member, the said member, the GEORGEA. DEAN. standard, the bar and the link being made SAMUEL E. HALL. 5from sheet metal, the plane surfaces of Witnesses:

which are substantially Vertically disposed. R. A. HoDGEs,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing B. P. DAVENPORT.

